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Willamette Valley Field Crops Extension provides research-based information for commercial cereal grain, grass seed, legume seed and oil crop producers. This page is hosted by Oregon State University Extension Service - Department of Crop and Soil Science.

Tips for Slug Management

One page tip sheet by Rory Mc Donnell

Detailed Slug Management Practices

 

Field Crops Coffee Hour Recordings

December 19, 2023 - Fletcher Halliday, OSU Plant Pathologist
"Using Plant Disease Ecology to Serve Oregon Seed Producers"
 
November 14, 2023 - Lauren Breza, USDA ARS Soil Scientist
"Tile Drainage Systems and Soil Carbon Stocks: Insights From the Willamette Valley"
 
October 31, 2023 - Rory Mc Donnell, OSU Slug Scientist
"Pest Slugs In Grass Seed Production: Research Updates and Tips for Management"
 
April 20, 2023 - Maria Zamora Re, OSU Irrigation Specialist
"Tools and Irrigation Practices to Improve Water Use Efficiency"
 
Ian Oppenlander, Bayer Crop Sciences - Herbicide Carryover
Ryan Graebner, OSU Cereals Extension - Spring Wheat Management 
 
March 16, 2023 - Navneet Kaur, OSU Extension Entomologist
"Clover Seed Weevil Management Strategies" 
 
February 23, 2023 - Christy Tanner, OSU Extension Agronomist
"Getting Started With Drones in Ag"
(recording started part way through, view slides here)
 
January 19, 2023 - Nicole Anderson, OSU Extension Seed Specialist
"Harvest Efficiency and a New Seed Moisture Testing Method"
 
December 15, 2022 - Silvia Rondon, Oregon IPM Center
"Upgrading Integrated Pest Management Programs for the Grass Seed Industry"
 
February 16, 2022 - Navneet Kaur, OSU Extension Entomologist
"Finding Alternatives to Chlorpyrifos"
 
March 24, 2021 - Caio Brunharo and Andy Hulting
"Weed Management in Grass Seed Crops"
 
March 17, 2021 - Betsy Verhoeven, OSU Extension Agronomist
"Soil Health in Willamette Valley Grass Seed Systems"

 

OSU Lime Bulletin for Western Oregon

Updated Lime Recommendations

 

Hyslop Farm Weather Station - Growing Degree Day Accumulations

https://agsci.oregonstate.edu/hyslop-weather-station

 

OSU Seed Production Blog

http://blogs.oregonstate.edu/seedproduction/

 

OSU Slug Portal

http://agsci.oregonstate.edu/slug-portal

 

Pesticide Applicator License Study Manual

Link for Purchase

Download

 

2024 Wheat and Barley Variety Trials

Yield Results

 

Recent Pest Alerts:

Lesser Clover Leaf Weavil- June 2025

Winter Cutworm Alert Bulletin

True Armyworm Alert Bulletin

Grasshopper Alert Bulletin